Central Asia in 1540
This map shows the 17 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Central Asia in 1540
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Kazakh Khanate
- Mongol Khanate
- Safavid Dynasty
- Eastern Moghulistan
- Khanate of Sibir
- Nogai Horde
- Tibet
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Khanate of Kazan
- Astrakhan Khanate
- Western Moghulistan
- Khanate of Khiva
- Kashmiri Sultanate
- Mughal Empire
- Kingdom of Kakheti
- Ottoman Empire
- Kingdom of Georgia
New on the map since 1515
Eastern Moghulistan · Khanate of Bukhara · Western Moghulistan · Mughal Empire · Ottoman Empire
Gone from the map by 1565
Mongol Khanate · Nogai Horde · Khanate of Kazan · Astrakhan Khanate
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Central Asia in other years
Other regions in 1540
The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.